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hot-air balloon

British  

noun

  1. a lighter-than-air craft in which air heated by a flame is trapped in a large fabric bag

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I tried to copy it, unsuccessfully, if you take my teacher’s response to my own story about a hot-air balloon as any indication.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

From there, chunks of bedroom and kitchen silently floated over the power lines and were lowered into place, workers twisting the walls into alignment with hanging guidelines like from a hot-air balloon.

From Slate • Sep. 9, 2025

A hot-air balloon regatta due to take place over London on Sunday 21 July has been postponed once again due to poor weather conditions.

From BBC • Jul. 21, 2024

The centerpiece of Levine’s battle plan was the launching of a hot-air balloon, with a reporter and a photographer in the basket.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2024

If I had a hot-air balloon, I could do it.

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

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